Over the past week or so, while I have been stirring and feeding Herman ready for the next split, I have often felt my mind wander to what could I try next? What could work? What would I like? Yesterday was Herman split day…. So today is Herman bake day. I decided on making a […]
I wanted to do another little cross stitch project, and with the Jubilee coming up, I was feeling extra British… So I drew out the Union Jack flag on some squared paper… Cut a piece of 22 count fabric… edged and with the centre lines sewn on… I first started with one quadrant, and the […]
—————————————————————————————————— It is well known that I love to bake, and some things I make are more popular than others. Some things, can in fact, be used as bribery….. or incentive to get things done! One of those things is Custard tarts….. …after I made them the first time, our IT guy couldn’t stop raving […]
I have a bad habit. It is buying books, patterns, all sorts of things, for cuteness value. The good intention is there to make something…. But it never seems to happen. So I got out some patterns and had a flick through for things I would like to make, having also bought some pretty fabrics […]
Herman was split yesterday at day 9… The next step at day 10 was to bake… So I figured the first recipe to try had to be the one I was given. ———————————————————————————————– Herman Apple, Raisin and Cinnamon Cake Recipe Ingredients 1 portion Herman 200g sugar 240g plain flour 2 eggs 2tsp vanilla essence 2 […]
Yes, more mouse clothing. this one is a long time coming as I started it, but had lots of other things happening at the same time so it got a bit left to one side temporarily. This time involved much more mixing it up patternwise, and was inspired by the real Saffy Mouse, who was […]
Last night I was on call, I managed about 3 hours sleep, so once I finally got back home at 6, I caught up on Gossip Girl, waited for my alarm to go off, then thought it was probably time to go back to bed. I managed to sleep in until all of 10am…. then […]
It turns out, good deeds really do get repaid. I took in my chocolate cake, apple tart, and swiss chocolate to work today, resulting in much delight from my colleagues. Apple Tart was lush, Chocolate cake was really delicious…. Yumtastic. When I got to work, I was also presented with this: Complete with these instructions: […]
So it’s return from holiday time again! Along with a return to the Apple tart, I googled Swiss cake recipes and came up with this. ———————————————————————————————————————- Recipe for Schokolade Kuchen (Chocolate cake) – taken from here Ingredients 150 g margarine 230 g sugar 6 eggs 1 pinch of salt 5 g of vanilla sugar 200 […]
When it came to my birthday last year… I wanted the most colourful cake I could. I gathered my gel colours and set to work. For the mix, I used my standard mix, with 3 eggs for each two layers, dividing it into two bowls, and colouring them separately. I started with the bottom two, […]
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